SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - Seven members of a governing commission in Louisiana have been dismissed from a federal lawsuit filed to prevent removal of a Confederate monument from a local courthouse.
However, the judge delayed a ruling on whether he would block removal of the statue outside the Caddo (KAD’-oh) Parish courthouse in Shreveport.
After the Caddo commission voted 7-5 for removal, the United Daughters of the Confederacy sued, saying they own the patch of land where the statue stands.
They sued to block removal and seek damages, naming the commissioners who voted for removal as individual defendants.
U.S. District Judge Robert James dismissed the seven as defendants Monday. Shreveport media report that James is expected to rule in 30 days on the bigger question: whether to block removal while the case is pending.
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